A superb site, featuring over 200 free Flash-based games, all with screenshots included. Free Flash Games provides a neat and slick navigation system, and organises all games into a number of different categories, some of which are: "Arcade Games", "Card Games", "Strategy Games", "Word Games", etc. To receive updates, you can also subscribe to their e-mail newsletter. - Read more

This site offers an extensive and addictive collection of the latest free online games. No registration is required at Fetchfido (you can begin playing their games straight away), and the site features Shockwave, Java and also Flash-based games. As well as this, Fetchfido includes file sizes for their games so you can judge how long each will take to load. - Read more

This site provides an excellent round-up of popular free games, which you can play online, directly through your Web browser (so there's no need to wait for lengthy downloads). There are approximately 200 Flash-based games available here, each with a thumbnail preview, description, instructions and a rating system. Categories to browse through include Adventure, Arcade, Cards, Shooting, Strategic, etc. - Read more

TheBlueThing.com provides numerous free Flash games for you to play online directly through your Web browser. The games are categorised according to their genre in the following categories: Action, Arcade, Cards, Misc., Puzzles, Role Playing and Sports. Here, you'll also find a bunch of funny video clips, which are guaranteed to get you laughing. Each game or video clip is rated according to its entertainment value. - Read more

PlayaPlaza.com is a free games site with a twist. Not only can you play free online games for fun, you can also play for money. At this site, you can play head-to-head against players from around the world at the board games of chess and checkers. Registering at PlayaPlaza.com is simple and new users can create a free account in a matter of minutes. - Read more

If you're a fan of the popular problem solving game Sudoku, then you'll find this site highly entertaining. At FreeSudokus.com, you can play the game online or print off the puzzles - the choice is entirely yours. There is no software to install either, with all the games being playable directly through your Web browser. "Super Sudoku" are fiendish puzzles, whilst "Learner Sudoku" is for newbies. - Read more

Eskimo Games is a fantastic site that offers free games to download in a variety of categories, including: arcade, action, 3D games, classic, sport, puzzles, kids, casino and scores. There's also a message board here and some interesting links to browse through. All the games are made using Flash, Shockwave or Java, so you may need to install the correct plug-in. - Read more

At this site, you'll find hundreds of free online games in various categories, some of which include: arcade, action and sports games. There are, of course, many more sections to explore. The games featured here are rated out of ten, so if you've got limited time, you can head over to the best ones. Various new features are promised in the near future. - Read more

Download this fantastic and completely free solitaire card games collection, and play many popular games, such as Spider Solitaire, FreeCell, Carpet, Klondike, along with others. Each game here has more than nine trillion possible shuffles to play, and there's also sound effects, extensive options and quality help available within the program. Approximately: 1.66MB. - Read more

Here's a really cool program for the young and old alike. It is a simple game where you try to remove as many stones as possible with the same colour block. Clickomania has many options where you can increase the speed, the difficulty and the view. Runs under Windows 95 (or higher) and NT systems. Multiple language support is provided. The file size is 0.4 Megabytes. - Read more